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RE: Sarcosuchus (IN ITALY)
Caro Silvio,
<<Had come to my mind that in Venice (Italy) Natural History Museum, along
with the mounted skeleton of Ouranosaurus there is a nearly complete
skeleton (at least skull and many dermal plates) of a BIG crocodil(iform?)
of Sarcosuchus size, labelled probably as Phobosuchus. It is written it
becomes from the same site of Ouranosaurus. Do you know about this? I do
not know if there is literature on it.>>
Actually, it is labeled "Sarcosuchus imperator" and is figured in the book
"Sulle orme dei dinosauri" (Erizzo Press), figs 26-28, where you can see
the complete skull (and lower jaw)1.70 m long in the field, during
preparation and in the exhibit. It was found in 1973, in the Gadoufaoua
site of the Teneré zone of Sahara desert in Niger. By French and Italian
searchers. Tracy Ford also underlined this in a previous message.
Ciao Ciao
Fabio
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Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, PhD
Museo Paleontologico Cittadino
Via Valentinis 134
I-34074 Monfalcone
ITALY
http://www.fante.speleo.it